Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Redlands, California —Advocates of the Opportunity Youth Network (OYN) have called for employers nationwide to embrace young people entering the workforce through the organization’s First Job Compact. The compact urges companies to earmark entry-level positions for young workers, nurture new employees with training and education, and give recent graduates the valuable employment experience they need
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Redlands, California —Seaport-e, the U.S. Navy’s electronic platform for acquiring support services, has awarded Esri a defense contract for its unique geographic information system (GIS) technology services. SeaPort-e provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting services and support from businesses small and large. This indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract simplifies the acquisition process for the
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Redlands, California—Geographic information system (GIS) provider Esri has partnered with Swiss-based spatial measurement instrument manufacturer Leica Geosystems to encourage innovation of mobile field data collection in government by offering grants totaling $143,250 in goods and services. Known as the Smart Communities Innovation Challenge, 10 governments that submit detailed project proposals demonstrating increased efficiencies in collecting
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Redlands, California — Esri, the world’s leading developer of GIS software, announced today that Pokévision, a third-party app for the viral mobile game Pokémon Go, uses Esri’s award-winning location-based data and mapping platform ArcGIS to help players of the game find Pokémon around them. A web map powered by ArcGIS services, Pokévision shows all Pokémon
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Redlands, California —The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB), located in Lansing, Michigan has chosen Esri to host and manage all imagery data for the state. After reviewing a variety of different options, Esri was found to provide the integration platform and framework for managing imagery services that the state required for greater
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Redlands, California—The TM Forum honored Randy Frantz with its Outstanding Contributor Award. Frantz is the director of telecommunications solutions at Esri. Presented by the forum’s strategy committee, this award honors individuals who go the extra mile in providing leadership and value to the forum’s collaboration projects. “Through the contributions of Randy Frantz and others, our members have an
Thursday, July 21st, 2016
Redlands, California —Esri has presented Loudoun County, Virginia with an award for 30 years of excellence in geographic information system (GIS) technology, during which time the county has continuously innovated how it delivers smarter, better government services. In 1962, when Washington Dulles International Airport opened in Loudoun, the county soon transformed from a rural community
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
Redlands, California— A joint effort from Esri Education manager Tom Baker and a research group of seven university faculty members was selected as the Best Article for Geography Program Development by the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE). Published in the Journal of Geography, the co-authored piece, entitled “A Research Agenda for Geospatial Technologies and
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
Redlands, California — Security for the 2016 Republican National Convention will deeply incorporate Esri geographic information system (GIS) technology. Public safety officials from Cuyahoga County, Ohio, collaborated with Esri to ensure a safe convention by speeding access to data and providing a common operating picture. Using Esri ArcGIS, maps and data will be shared between
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
DUBUQUE, IOWA — June 20, 2016 — Cartegraph is now an Esri® Platinum Tier Business Partner. This move enhances an already-strong partnership between two enterprise business systems that enable local government agencies to gain greater insight, solve problems, and make informed decisions. “Esri is known as the system of record for asset inventory and location. Cartegraph is
